Ana Ivanovic final

Azarenka would be number 2 in the world if it reaches the semifinal s on Chinese soil

Spanish Without the fray, at least in individual-level, the highlight of the day in Beijing was the ticket to the quarterfinal s of Ana Ivanovic, little accustomed to the good news, scored a major victory over Vera Zvonareva. Monica Niculescu, Victoria Azarenka and Agnieszka Radwanska sealed his move to eighths.

Ana Ivanovic beat Vera Zvonareva of Russia by a score of 6-2 and 6-1 after one hour and seven minutes. This is the first victory of Serbia to a 'Top-5' from being proclaimed champion of Roland Garros, the only Grand Slam that is evident in his record since 2008 (0-9 is the stuff since then). In Ana roadmap now cross the shock winner faces Sofia Arvidsson of Sweden and Poland's Agnieszka Radwanska, who met today its commitment to China's Jie Zheng by a score of 6-1 and 6-4 after one time and seventeen minutes of play.

For the rest of the day it should be noted that sealed their passage to the knockout stages with Romanian Monica Niculescu win over Chanelle Scheepers of South Africa (6-2, 6-1), and the Belarussian Victoria Azarenka with his victory at the Slovenian Polona Hercog (7-6, 6-3).

The Russian has won the final of the Rome Masters 1,000 of Australia's Samantha Stosur (6-2 and 6-4) and has won his first tournament of the season.

Russian tennis player Maria Sharapova has won the final of the Rome Masters to 1,000 of Australia's Samantha Stosur (6-2 and 6-4) and has won his first tournament of the season.

The rain that fell on the Italian capital has meant that the match was delayed for over three hours, which caused the Australia started the game a bit unbalanced. However, Sharapova played a very solid in the first game and 15 minutes and had a 4-1 in the first round.

It was at that moment when Stosur responded and began to deploy his best game. The 'Aussie' was able to break Sharapova's service, but returned to make many mistakes with his serve and ended up giving up the set 6-2.

Stosur was clear he had to improve considerably if he have a chance to win the final and it showed early in the second round. The Australian improved his game slowly, but Sharapova was making a near perfect game and got a 'break' in the fifth game of the set. It was the push I needed the Russian to win the game, which had closed with a 6-4.

With this victory, Sharapova gets the title number 23 in his career and the first of the season after losing the final in Miami against Azarenka.

A win almost unbelievable. The duel between two former world No. 1 had a resounding turnaround, when it seemed it was for Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, final ly ended in the hands of the Belgian Kim Clijsters, who advanced to the quarterfinal s and end the traditional tournament in Miami.

A win almost unbelievable. The duel between two former world No. 1 had a resounding turnaround, when it seemed it was for Serbia's Ana Ivanovic, final ly ended in the hands of the Belgian Kim Clijsters, who advanced thus the traditional quarter-final s of the tournament in Miami.

Clijsters, currently second in the WTA rankings, lost 5-1 in the third set, with Ivanovic, raised five match-points and finished imposed by 7-6 (7-4), 3-6, 7-6 (7 - 5).

In a long match that lasted two hours and 17 minutes, the mother Clijsters, who won last January in Australia Open, won a great recovery thanks to his mental strength. And across the street was Ivanovic (19 th head standard) which suffered from doubts and ended up very sad.

Clijsters, the defending champion, committed 11 double faults, compared to seven of Serbia, and ended up getting a win that set the total points earned less than Ivanovic (129 against 132).

In addition, the Belgian broke one less service to the Serbia (four and five, respectively) in a match that just hit an ace and the loser had five.

Clijsters, winner of this tournament in 2005 and 2010, had the serve at 1-5 and 40-40, when it began to rebound. Ivanovic said she had problems with his racket. "You should see my racket," said French Open champion in 2008, making an effort to smile.

"As I broke my racket and then as I cried a little and then I got well," he said later, disappointed.

Thus, Ivanovic continues to suffer a marked lack of confidence. This clash was crucial to have won and resumed winning ways. But the fall, in contrast, will mean a blow hard.

Clijsters won and the pending second round clash on Monday night and was the last player to reach the quarter-final s, where his opponent Victoria Azarenka of Belarus, seeded eighth.

Meanwhile, Germany's Andrea Petkovic (21 second favorite) confirmed its high level of the previous day, when eliminated in three sets to Denmark's Caroline Wozniacki, the No. 1 and recent world champion at Indian Wells.

Petkovic won his second consecutive victory against a top-ten, beating Serbia's Jelena Jankovic, No. 7-ranked and sixth-seeded with a score of 2-6, 6-2, 6-4.

Thus, Petkovic became the first semifinal ist at the hard courts of Crandon Park Key Biscayne, in the event that distributes $ 4,500,000 in prizes.

Petkovic, 23, has only a title career and this is his third appearance in Miami, where he had never passed the third round.

As I walked past Wozniacki, Germanic also got his first win in his first match against Jankovic.

The rival is semi Petkovic Maria Sharapova (16 second favorite), who recovered to beat Romania's Alexandra Dulgheru (26 meetings) 3-6, 7-6 (8-6) and 7-6 (7-5 .) It was a marathon match that lasted three and half hours of play.

Serbia's Ana Ivanovic won on Sunday to France's Virginie Razzano 2-6, 6-2, 3-0 and neglect, to advance to the knockout stage of the tennis tournament in Miami, Series 1000 in the ATP Masters and the WTA Premier

Serbia's Ana Ivanovic won on Sunday to France's Virginie Razzano 2-6, 6-2, 3-0 and neglect, to advance to the knockout stage of the tennis tournament in Miami, Series 1000 in the ATP Masters Premier and the WTA.

Ivanovic (n.19) will now face the next round with the winner of the match between the Spanish Maria Jose Martinez and Belgium's Kim Clijsters, second seed and defending champion of the event, which distributes nine million dollars in prizes.

Of Serbia, which took the lead at the top personal against France 3-1, advances to second round in this tournament for the first time in the last three years, although his best result in the 'Capital of the Sun' was in his debut in 2005 when it was quarterfinal ist.

The latest title in Ivanovic was in the same dollars for two years • Your final opponent will be a Schnyder which has faced in 8 cases with a package of 4 wins and 4 losses

Ana Ivanovic in Linz has given further evidence of recovery and looking forward to be that girl that seduced the world with his game and enjoyed the best player on the planet. The Serb, now framed in the No. 29 ranking, will play the final tournament before the veteran Austrian Patty Schnyder.

Serbia's Ana Ivanovic qualified for its 13th final of a WTA tournament (of the above won 8 and lost 4) after defeating the Austrian cement Italy's Roberta Vinci by an aggregate score of 6-3 and 7-5 after an hour and ten minutes of play in the Balkans was a display with his service with which scored 8 aces and an effectiveness rate of 84% first serve. The good news for Ivanovic is returning in this way an end after more than a year and a half of absence in this round. His last final dates of March 22, 2009 when the defeated Vera Zvonareva at Indian Wells (7-6, 6-2). The latest title in Linz Ivanovic was just two years ago when it beat Zvonareva in the final (6-2, 6-1).

Ivanovic will seek his ninth title, the second in these parts, before the Swiss Patty Schnyder, who got rid of Germany's Andrea Petkovic by a score of 6-2, 4-6 and 7-5 after two and a quarter hours of play and have set up two match points against in the final rush of the third act. Ivanovic and Schnyder, numbers 29 and 47 of the WTA rankings, have been measured on eight occasions to date, sharing four wins for each player. The last previous data between the quarter-final s of Roland Garros in 2008, when Serbia's victory went to a convincing 6-3, 6-2.